Corytophanes is a genus of Neotropical lizards, commonly called helmeted iguanas or basilisks, in the family Corytophanidae. The genus contains three arboreal species and resides in tropical forests.[2]
| Corytophanes | |
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| Corytophanes cristatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Corytophanidae |
| Genus: | Corytophanes H. Boie in Schlegel, 1826 |
| Species | |
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Three, see text. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chamæleopsis, Corythophanes | |
Species
editThese species are recognized as being valid:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1820) | helmeted iguana | Chiapas in southern Mexico to north-western Colombia |
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Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann, 1831)[4] | Hernandez's helmeted basilisk | Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. |
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Corytophanes percarinatus A.H.A. Duméril, 1856 | Guatemalan helmeted basilisk | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico (Chiapas). |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Corytophanes.
Etymology
editThe specific name, hernandesii, is in honor of Spanish naturalist Francisco Hernández (1514-1587).[5]
References
edit- ^ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii 497 pp. Plates I-XXIV. (Genus "Corythophanes [sic]", p. 101).
- ^ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. ("Corythophanes [sic]", p. 291).
- ^ Genus Corytophanes at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Wilson LD, McCranie JR (2002). "Update on the list of reptiles known from Honduras". Herpetological Review 33 (2): 90-94.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Corytophanes hernandesii, p. 122).
Further reading
edit- Schlegel H (1826). "Herpetologische Nachrichten ". Isis von Oken 20 (3): 281-294. (Corytophanes, new genus, p. 290). (in German),
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